And I sure as heck don’t want to be eating that stuff! I figured I could just make homemade pudding and freeze it–right? Wouldn’t that be just like the pudding pops we grew up with? Unfortunately, the family decided they “weren’t chocolatey enough” and I had to go back to the drawing board. (Darn.)

This recipe is a winner! It gets its depth of flavor from the chocolate chips. You can’t go wrong with some really good cocoa powder, either.

Put the milk, sugar, cornstarch, and cocoa powder in a saucepan and mix carefully over medium heat. A spring whisk will help make sure you get all the lumps out. Add the chocolate chips and cook, stirring frequently, until they are melted.

Remove from heat, add the vanilla and butter, and stir until combined.

Allow to cool slightly and then pour into popsicle molds. Freeze until solid (several hours to overnight).

When it’s time to serve, dip the individual molds into hot water for a few seconds and they’ll pop right out.

I just finished making them for the second time in two weeks. It’s only my Mom and me in the house, so we try to ration them out (which really means try not to eat all at once!). I don’t usually keep liquid milk in the house since it would spoil before being used up, so I’ve been using dry milk and water mixed for the 2.5 cups of milk and it works great. Is there a reason for putting ingredients in in stages? I put everything in at the start and haven’t had any issues with texture/taste/cooking time. Just wondered. Thanks from me and my wallet for the recipe. Mmmmmmm!

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